Photographs of the hot metal composing room of the Ogden Standard-Examiner newspaper, circa 1962. Based on material found with them, these photographs were published by the Ogden Standard-Examiner and distributed either by the Ludlow Typograph Company or by Hammond Machinery Builders to promote the "hot metal paste-up" system of display ad makeup. The photographs concentrate on the Ludlow Typograph and associated machines (with Linotypes in the background). Machines shown include: Photo 1 - Ludlow Shell-Hi Slug Shear (front left), Ludlow Typograph Machine, Model M (right, flanked by Ludlow Cabinets), Ludlow Supersurfacer (center back). Photo 2 - Rouse Vertical Miterer. Photo 3 - Rouse Vertical Miterer (left) and Hammond Glider Trim-O-Saw (right). Photo 4 - Ludlow Model M from back. Photo 5 - Ewald Plunger Cleaner (table, left) and Twin Oaks Spaceband Cleaner (table, right); these are both Linotype ancillary machines, a Linotype (left) and the back of a Ludlow Typograph Model L (center). Photos 6, 7, and 8 - example of hot metal paste-up; in the final photograph the stripped slugs and cuts are being scraped into a bin for subsequent remelt.

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